Re: Live views from Starman - SpaceX Tesla car

We should see the degradation of the materials that the car is made from pretty soon huh? I mean, it gets pretty cold in space, not to mention the fierce radiation, right? If you look at traditional space craft, they have all sorts of shielding, gold foil, etc, etc, to protect from these extreme temperatures.

The tyres on the car look pretty standard, as does the car, especially the interior......... Unless, unless the wiley old fox, Musk, has had this Tesla car made with super-duper materials that can survive the harsh environment of space without degrading.

Re: Live views from Starman - SpaceX Tesla car

I'm hoping that the question of the reality of 'space' will be answered by this Tesla Roadster.

Either, it will degrade pretty rapidly, proving what we have been told for decades by our national agencies and government scientists, that space is a harsh, harsh, place to be, and a very dangerous place for Human beings to be.

Or, it isn't. If that car was Elon Musk's personal Roadster, as we have been told, and made of materials not designed for deep space, and does not degrade in any way, then what we have been told about the environment of space won't be true.